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A SCUBAnaut "plants" corals on hard substrates.

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SCUBAnauts Planting Corals

July 2015

Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.

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Seagrass Meadow

January 2016

A white crab hides among coral polyps of the same color.

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White Xenia Crab from Indonesia

March 2018

Algae or "seaweeds" (left) differ from seagrasses (right) in several ways.

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Algae vs Seagrass

March 2018